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What if AI could predict your next medical event — like ChatGPT predicts your next word? @Microsoft Science president Peter Lee explains to @FrancesSSellers of @washingtonpost how that might be possible.

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@cleoabram @sarakgoo The conversation with Abram was part of the Solve for Tomorrow event produced in partnership with @samsungus and Washington Post Creator.

"I think about the concept in weightlifting of time under tension, right? In order to build muscle, you really do need to be lifting weight and to have time under tension for your muscles to build. I think that's true intellectually as well." - @cleoabram to @sarakgoo on using AI

“We have never been better positioned to meet the needs of kids than we are today.” - @DonorsChoose CEO @alixguerrier to @sarakgoo on how AI can help teachers meet the needs of diverse learners

"When we get back safe, that's the beginning. It's the commencement of Artemis III and subsequent missions." - Artemis II mission’s @AstroVicGlover in a 2024 @postlive conversation on what defines success for the historic mission

"It's a really neat combination of the mundane and the profound and sometimes back to back with each other." - Artemis II mission's @Astro_Christina on life in space

"The Russians could really complicate our efforts to stabilize the flow of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz or he (Putin) could play for a deal.” - David Ignatius (@IgnatiusPost) of @PostOpinions to @sgreports on war in Iran.

“I see a lot of these tools as augmenting, coming back to the point that flat is the new growth in headcount. We're basically just augmenting and giving our employees more tools to operate better.” - @Mastercard CEO @MiebachMichael on AI impact on the workforce

“The ability of the United States to defend its forces against drones is less than it needs to be.” - David Ignatius (@IgnatiusPost) of @PostOpinions on the threat of Iranian drones

“I know that people in Iran want to connect with the rest of the world. That’s been the case since I started traveling there 25 years ago.” - @jrezaian at a subscriber-exclusive event moderated by @sgreports

In a @postlive conversation, @Mastercard CEO @MiebachMichael said the company anticipates “healthy consumer spending” to continue this year even amid geopolitical and economic tensions. “As long as people are employed and they get a paycheck, they spend” said Miebach.

“I don't think the promise is to replace doctors, but rather when you go in to see your doctor, you'll be more well-informed, and you can ask the right questions.” - @NIH director Jay Bhattacharya told @FrancesSSellers in a recent @postlive conversation.

“I knew getting to the Moon was hard, but gosh, it's even harder than I would have imagined.” - @csa_asc astronaut on preparing for Artemis II mission.

@Mastercard CEO @MiebachMichael told @postlive that America’s innovation ecosystem was “alive and well.” “This is supported by the deepest capital markets and enough risk capital to try out things,” Miebach said.

“The environmentalism of the last 50 years was about blocking bad stuff. The environmentalism of the next 50 years needs to be about building good stuff.” - @RepAuchincloss tells Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) of @PostOpinions.

“Those criticisms I made from the outside were made in a spirit of love, not a spirit of destruction.” - Acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya told @FrancesSSellers in a recent @postlive conversation about his prior criticisms of the agency during the coronavirus pandemic.

“It's going to be a tool that's used by campaigns.” - @SenTedBuddNC to Dan @Merica on how AI could be used in the midterm elections.

“I am filled with hope…There’s never been a better time to be alive with a rare disease.” - @NIH director Jay Bhattacharya told @FrancesSSellers in a @postlive conversation marking Rare Disease Week.